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Construction of first recombinant DNA was done by using plasmid of

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Salmonella typhimurium
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Escherichia coli
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Bacillus thuringiensis
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Yeast
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The correct option is A Salmonella typhimurium
Construction of first recombinant DNA was done by using plasmid of Salmonella typhimurium. S. Cohen and H. Boyer constructed the first recombinant DNA using antibiotic resistance genes present on the plasmid of drug resistance strains of E. coli. This gene was linked to the native plasmid of Salmonella typhimurium.

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